I had an interesting twist to the roulette stealing debate this past weekend. When I first started collecting chips a year and a half ago I also started collecting roulettes. I "collected" 20 of each color (9 different colors) from a casino that I frequent quite often. What I did not realize at the time was these roulettes were not as collectible as most because they did not have the name of the Casino on them. They are nice roulettes, just no name. So I had $1 each invested in them (plus whatever I lost playing roulette to get them). Last weekend I decided that I would rather have $180 than the roulettes. So I went to the General Manager of the Casino (whom I know quite well) and told him that I had taken these roulettes when I first started and was offering to return them. He told me that they didn't want them back. They have plenty and the $1 they got for them was more than replacement price. I will probably bring them back and put them into play (at minimum value, $1. It will be interesting to hear what they have to say when an extra stack shows up! I just thought some here on the board would get a kick out of the story. By the way if anyone wants some of these roulettes $1 each plus shipping buys as many as you want (up to about 180!) As I mentioned I do collect roulettes and don't personally have a problem with it, each to their own.

Steve